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Support for living costs is vital to participation, but grants that help to provide it are under threat, say Nick Hillman and Nicholas Robinson

The value of donations peaks at £807m, annual Ross/CASE survey finds, but challenges of limited outreach and elite domination persist

Which institutions are building the reserves to cushion potential shocks from uncapped student recruitment and rocketing research costs?

Soas, University of London, is to divest from fossil fuels within the next three years after the institution’s governing body today approved the decision.

Washington releases ‘secret’ document naming hundreds of institutions under scrutiny

University pension costs rose slightly last year, but may increase significantly in 2016 as major reforms take effect, according to pension experts.

A different method of funding study could allow institutions to raise fees and also save the state money, argues Alfred Morris

Did rises for vice-chancellors outpace those of academic staff, and did the REF swell the salaries of star researchers? Jack Grove rings up the benefits accrued

University leaders command huge salaries. Lincoln Allison examines how asceticism gave way to abundance

England’s universities risk being “unable to deliver the scale of investment” needed to “remain internationally competitive”.

REF-based distribution of £1.6bn research pot results in some big changes

A £120 million redevelopment of the London School of Economics has been given the green light by planners.

The case for research funding in the humanities is stronger if we recognise the similarities, argues David Eastwood

Campaigners have accused the University of Oxford of dithering over a decision on whether or not to divest from fossil fuels.

As a consultation launches, employees consider the impact of the USS reforms

The UK’s universities increased their income from overseas students once again last year, with their fee payments rising to 12.7 per cent of total income.

Labour’s proposal to cut tuition fees will be funded by removing a perk from the UK’s super-rich, writes the professor of geography

As Ed Miliband announces Labour’s policy on university tuition fees, the shadow universities minister sets out his party’s plans for higher education

Ending support for cross-border students does not mean tuition fee cash would be reinvested in institutions, report warns

Allowing some universities to charge tuition fees above £9,000 a year would “create further inequity” in higher education funding, a university group has warned

Northampton is revolutionising financing by going to the market for the money it needs to ‘future-proof’ itself, says Nick Petford

University faces £17m deficit as enrolments fall while expenditures rise

Madeleine Atkins says student opportunity funding ‘will go’ unless government can see a ‘return on investment’

Excellent teaching shouldn’t cost the earth, even in a market where price is used as a proxy for quality, argues Carl Lygo

University funding levels will remain broadly similar next year to those announced in 2014, the government’s annual has today confirmed

Alumni expected to become lifelong investors in higher education, UUK and CASE Europe conference hears

A vague policy on higher education could help the party win the next election, argues Nick Hillman

The performance of the whole European research system could be harmed if changes to EU budgets go ahead, it has been warned.

Incoming Case president Sue Cunningham says that move would herald ‘real engagement’ and help to drive success

South America’s neoliberal pioneer is taking higher education out of the market. The UK should take heed, says Bahram Bekhradnia

Funding council installs overseer after permitting University of Northampton to borrow £300m for Waterside campus

Teaching postgraduates costs £11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is £7,700, according to a study for England’s funding council.

The impact of the introduction of £9,000 tuition fees at English universities is detailed in a new report

Despite the introduction of postgraduate loans, the government’s education funding aims remain a puzzle, says Nigel Carrington

Criticism of postgraduate loans scheme smacks of the adage: ‘never let a good deed go unpunished’, writes Andrew Wathey

Loans of up to £10,000 to be available for master’s students under the age of 30

Paul Wellings and Toni Pearce consider the impact of higher fees

Student numbers will be uncapped from 2015. Chris Havergal examines arguments for and against expansion

Removing student number caps in Australia led to a marketing explosion and a sharp rise in public spending, English higher education has been warned.

UCU passes motion as government guarantees £230 million public bond to fund Waterside campus

Some English universities are interested in the idea of buying the debt of their graduates, but it ‘may not be the smartest investment’

The current £9,000 fee system is financially unsustainable and puts higher education at risk from a failed market, according to a report

UEL vice-chancellor says it is wrong that students’ money is used to prop up local government schemes

But higher education still biggest recipient of major gifts

Delft University of Technology report says universities could reduce estates footprint by 25 per cent via more space-sharing

Nick Hillman considers the likelihood of the government taking concrete steps to help postgraduate students before the election

As giving grows in importance, universities need to engage seriously with the topic, says Charles Keidan

Employers respond to ‘scare stories’ around proposed changes to USS pension scheme

Senior professors express ‘outrage’ at Glasgow’s decision to reduce investment

Education lawyer Smita Jamdar on the danger of piecemeal change to the regulatory regime

Maintaining a stable university income while writing off a third of student loans could save money and win votes, John Cater suggests

The University of Huddersfield has been tackled by HM Revenue and Customs over a £600,000 “abusive tax avoidance” case dating back more than 10 years.

Former minister warns Labour’s Liam Byrne that lowering tuition fees will cause him no end of grief

Students who want to do master’s degrees are stymied by a lack of state finance. Paul Jump investigates how funding can be fixed

‘Going private’ is no financial panacea, say Barry Glassner and Morton Schapiro

Universities are set to increase investment in their estates despite growing financial uncertainty, a new survey shows

Tuition fees are rising for overseas students. If the cap on undergraduate fees is lifted, will they follow suit?

Institution looks for new business model to pay for halls of residence

Scams, defaults, over-optimistic revenue projections: the UK must look to US lessons on student finance, writes Nick Hillman

The chief of the Regional Universities Network on the impact of the Coalition’s planned reforms